That would be a big mistake. These codes can easily take you to any URL with a quick tap, and that's a dangerous access point ...

Scammers now send unexpected packages with QR codes that redirect victims to fraudulent websites or download malicious ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A new email scam campaign is using QR codes to get your sensitive information. It's called "quishing" or QR phishing, and security experts say it's when fraudsters launch email ...

These packages arrive without a return address and include vague instructions prompting recipients to scan the QR code to ...

According to NordVPN, 73% of Americans report scanning QR codes without verifying their source, with 26 million having ...

Figures from Action Fraud show that 784 reports of quishing were made to the fraud reporting service between April 2024 and ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A new email scam campaign is using QR codes to get your sensitive information. It's called quishing or QR phishing and security experts say it's when fraudsters launch email ...

Security researchers at Barracuda Networks have discovered two novel QR code phishing (quishing) techniques involving splitting malicious QR codes into two parts or embedding them into legitimate ones ...

A woman looking at a QR code coupon on her smartphone. QR codes skyrocketed in popularity during the touch-free days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now they’re everywhere. From menus to forms and ...

If it seems like QR codes are everywhere these days, that's because, well, they are. Thanks to a surge in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, these scannable codes are being used by businesses ...

QR code, short for Quick Response code, is a machine-readable code comprising an array of black-and-white squares. It essentially works like barcodes. However, they are not the same as barcodes due to ...

In an email conversation with Forbes published in a story on Sunday, Gmail spokesperson Ross Richendrfer described this upcoming change. Instead of entering your number and getting a six-digit code ...